Albula District was one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It had an area of 723.13 km² and had a population of 8,210 in 2015. It was replaced with the Albula Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
Albula District consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 8 municipalities following mergers in 2015 and 2016.
+ Alvaschein sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Albula/Alvra Mutten 9.9 Vaz/Obervaz 42.51
+ Belfort sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Lantsch/Lenz 21.82 Schmitten 11.32
+ Bergün sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Bergün/Bravuogn 145.76 Filisur 44.58
+ Surses sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Surses
Mergers and name changes On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27 April 2016.
Languages
The official languages of the district of Albula are German and Romansh. In the municipality of Bivio, Italian has given way to German as the official language there.
+ Languages of Albula District, GR Languages Census 2000 Number Percent German 5,646 66.3%Romansh 2,163 25.4%Italian 263 3.1%TOTAL 8,514 100%
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